#279C7B#279C7B

#279C7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.113 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C7B
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 123)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 21.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -39.85, 8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 40.69, 168.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.111 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.113 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2984, 25.6364, 22.8244)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C7B #9C2748

analogous

#279C40 #279C7B #27829C

triadic

#279C7B #7B279C #9C7B27

tetradic

#279C7B #40279C #9C2748 #829C27

square

#279C7B #40279C #9C2748 #829C27

split-complementary

#279C7B #9C2782 #9C4027

monochromatic

#0F3A2E #1B6B54 #279C7B #34CCA1 #65D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#279C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#279C7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C7B

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C7B	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89867D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.113 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa1',
    500: '#279c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c7b;
$custom-light: #74baa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.077,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62116,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C7B

secondary

#BE617B

accent

#4571E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C7B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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